Phil Kaufman Award

The Electronic System Design Alliance—ESDA  and the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation—CEDA, co-host and sponsor the annual Phil Kaufman Award. This award honors an individual showing demonstrable IMPACT on electronic design through contributions in the field of Electronic System Design including:

• Business 
• Industry Direction and Promotion 
• Technology and Engineering 
• Educational and Mentoring 

The Phil Kaufman Hall of Fame honors well-deserving individuals who made significant contributions but passed before their contributions were recognized with the Phil Kaufman Award.

About Phil Kaufman

After many years as a design engineer and manager at companies including Intel, Phil became chairman and president of Silicon Compiler Systems, an early provider of high-level EDA tools that enabled designers to develop complex chips more efficiently.

With design complexity increasing, Phil became CEO of Quickturn Design Systems, a pioneer in the emulation of complex chips. Quickturn’s products helped designers to speed the verification of complex designs.

Phil passed away in 1992 during a business trip to Japan. The ESD Alliance (previously the EDA Consortium) founded the Phil Kaufman Award to honor his memory and contributions to the electronic design industry.

Congratulations to Dr. Lawrence T. Pileggi, the 2023 Phil Kaufman Award Recipient!

Nominations are now open for the 2024 Phil Kaufman Award.